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Bench Lake is always a pleasure to visit. After a long day outdoors Trail Lake Lodge is a wonderful location to spend a night or two; you'll locate a beautiful lake called Johnson Lake. Bench Lake gets a great deal of water; during October this area sees the most rain, and May is when it's the driest. This lake is so wonderful. Camping at Bertha Creek Campground is always a pleasant experience, and while you're here, you might as well explore Johnson Creek Summit.
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| | This lake is so wonderful. Looking for a good spree? Kenai Fjords National Park is reasonably in the neighborhood of Bench Lake. For the period of the warm days of summer highs here at Bench Lake get into the 60's. When the night sets in temperatures dip down into the 40's. All through the winter highs are generally in the 20's; overnight lows in the 10's for Bench Lake. Good hiking is available along the Paradise Valley Trail; getting to Gleason Creek from | |
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Bench Lake is uncomplicated. This is no site for people who don’t like to have a good time. There are great places to look at along the Johnson Pass Trail, and a tremendous site to camp here at Bench Lake is Primrose Landing Campground.
You can run the rapids of Canyon Creek next to Bench Lake, and you can go for a hike on the Grant Lake Trail. The Hotel Alyeska is a great site to get some rest, and get your pulse rate up on the perfect whitewater of Sixmile River.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 60.61972 Longitude: -149.2328
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| These outdoors activities are available near Bench Lake. |
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Sixmile River, Kenai Penninsula BoroughBorough, 12 miles away Class V - 9.3 miles long (East Fork of Six Mile to Sunshine) |
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Canyon Creek, Kenai Peninsula BoroughBorough, 16 miles away Class IV - 6.5 miles long (Seward HigHighway at outlet of Lower Summit Lake to Seward Highway at Hope Junction) |
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Bird Creek, -blank- BoroughBorough, 19 miles away Class V+ - 3.5 miles long (5 miles upstream to Turnagain Arm) |
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